Evers-GOP deal passes finance committee, but Democrats vote against it

By: Erik Gunn

Outlets: Wisconsin Examiner

Published: May 13, 2026

Words: 1,045

Last Updated: 2 months, 2 weeks ago

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With Republicans touting it as a bipartisan deal, the $1.8 billion special education funding and tax cut bill negotiated by a pair of GOP leaders and outgoing Democratic Gov. Tony Evers passed the Legislature’s budget committee on a 12-4 vote Tuesday, with no Democratic support.

The Joint Finance Committee’s Democrats charged the bill didn’t do enough for schools or taxpayers while spending down the state surplus for short-term benefits.

About 20 minutes after the committee …

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